Pictured at left is the Old Log Cabin at
O'Leno State Park, where a monthly contra
dance is held.

Having called an individual dance now and again, I was given the
opportunity to call the After the Break half of the
Old Time Dance
at
O'Leno
on
Sunday, May 16, 2010.
The band was
The Flying Turtles:
Tom & Elle Hogan with
Eleta Sucsy and
Dan Peterson.

[IMPROPER: Face nbr, step diag.-L to form wavy lines across-the-set.]
Rory O'More(8+8)
[Wavy-bal R-L(2+2), slide right catch L-hands(4);
bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands(8)].Bal&Swing nbr(4+12).Circle-left 3-places(8). Swing partner(8).Ladies chain(8).
Lefthand star into a wavy line-of-4 with next nbrs
[all take RHs with nbr and ladies take LHs with each other](8).This dance is similar
to United We Dance, which was taught at
a FL Snow Ball

Sweet Music
by Amy Kahn.

[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).Ladies start a full hey(16).[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.

My Uncle Fred's Contra
by Dean Snipes.

[BECKET: slightly altered in B2.]
[Your previous nbr is your
“flame”.]Circle left 3-places(8). [On side of set]
Dosido nbr 1x and a bit more,
into short wavy lines across-the-set(8).Balance-the-wave R-L, slide right catch L-hands(8).
[With nbr] Allemand-L 3/4 (4), gents walk to
next short-wavy-line
to allemand-R your “flame”(4).With [current] nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).Star-right
orig. dance has circle-L, here
3-places(6), melt in to a partner-swing(8), and slide-left to face a new couple(2).Music should be a bit slower
than standard contra tempo.

As part of
the (Oct. 1–3)
there were contra dances both Friday evening,
with Craig Bloch calling, and Saturday
evening, where I called.
Both took place in
O'Leno State Park(in the Old Log Cabin).

Wonderful music by the
Flying Turtles String Band:
Tom & Elle Hogan, with
Sharon Hartmann(from Barnstorm)
and
David “Will” Willkomm.
Although turnout was low [harumph…
What's more important?
–Dancing!, or a “Gator” football game?]
we had a relatively large number of beginners.
Here is what I ended up
calling,
with photos of
DTHall
and
UTHall.

[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).Ladies start a full hey(16).[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.

Jonathan's dances:
The numbers in green show what was actually
called, and in what order, whereas the black numbers show what was planned.

[2]

Sweet Music
by Amy Kahn.

[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).Ladies start a full hey(16).[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.

Tune: Coral Riff.

Ross's Request
by Mark Widmer.

[IMPROPER: Cozy line; Cloverleaf; Double-PROG]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).Long-lines(8). ONEs swing(8), step between new TWOs.Down the hall four-in-line [ONEs between TWOs](4).
Everyone keeping hands joined, ONEs turn away from partner, and
TWOs wrap behind, to make a cozy line(4). Come back up the hall(4).
TWOs pass over ONEs, to form a cloverleaf.Circle-left in cloverleaf formation(8).
Star-L [and progress to new nbrs](8).

Medley: Bad Hair/Blue Jig.

The UF football team was losing, as our dance took place,
leading to a
Slightly Weird Calling Experience,
with a
Fred Astaire contra line, and a
Jerry Lewis contra line.
I later heard that
some college students had texted each other and left the game at half-time,
caming to the dance in a wild&crazy mood.
I decided to
ditch the teaching
and
simply started the music very slowly.
[The band was great, doing just what I asked. The music speeds up around 4:45.]
While the dance started rocky, it ended quite well.

[4]

Theory of Mind
by David Smukler.

[IMPROPER: Face nbr, step diag.-L to form wavy lines across-the-set.]
Rory O'More(8+8)
[Wavy-bal R-L(2+2), slide right catch L-hands(4);
bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands(8)].Bal&Swing nbr(4+12).Circle-left 3-places(8). Swing partner(8).Ladies chain(8).
Lefthand star into a wavy line-of-4 with next nbrs
[all take RHs with nbr and ladies take LHs with each other](8).This dance is similar
to United We Dance, which was taught at
a FL Snow Ball

Tune: Spootiskerry.

[1]

Chainsaw Reel
by Don Lennartson.

[BECKET: Huge oval circle]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around
[Gent in front of his partner].[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.Jonathan King, Footloose.
Called as no-walk-through.Caller? | Band?.

This is Dave's photograph of
Isaac filming
JoLaine and me.
[Click on the photo for a full-size image.]

The dance was pretty well attended, considering that there was a
Gator football game. However, as the Gators were losing, we got
dancers who preferred to dance than watch a loss.

So Their loss was our gain….

2010 Oct.17, Sun.:
2PM–5PM:
JoLaine and I called the
Old Time Contra Dance
at
O'Leno State Park,
with the
Flying Turtles Band:
Tom & Elle Hogan(at right)
and David “Will” Willkomm(at left),
joined by Linda Pottberg(in center).

At photo-right is Tom Hogan, on guitar.
His lovely wife Elle, on fiddle, is
behind JoLaine.
Linda Pottberg is in photo-center.
Will Willkomm, on percussion, is
behind Mark Stowe who is dressed in black.

[BECKET: Huge oval circle]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around
[Gent in front of his partner].[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.Jonathan King, Footloose.
Called as no-walk-through.Caller? | Band?.

Medley: Cold Frosty Morning/Old Joe Clark.

Sweet Music
by Amy Kahn.

[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).Ladies start a full hey(16).[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.